Sentence examples for a safety school from inspiring English sources

"Until relatively recently, Bard was a safety school," Fisher said.

Polls show Connecticut voters split on Mr. Lieberman's using his Senate seat like a college applicant would a safety school.

Ten years ago, New York University was what college-bound students from New York regarded as a safety school, fourth or fifth on their application lists.

In turn, UConn has evolved from being a "safety school" for state residents to a college of choice that draws, and often must deny, students from across New England and beyond.

It is almost impossible to get into kindergarten — the school received 350 applications for 25 kindergarten slots — and many parents who applied thinking it was a "safety" school were shocked to be rejected.

Upper-income students are applying to as many as 30 to 60 colleges at $40 to $80 per app to improve their chances of getting into a "reach" or top tier school, a "safety" school, or landing somewhere in the middle.

We've all seen troubled teens morph into successful adults, and honor-roll students end up selling Oxys out of a safety-school dorm room.

Generally, whether a college is a good safety school for you or not is dependent on four key points: likelihood of admission, affordability, specialization, and attachment.

Carol, "who graduated from a certain safety school in Ithaca that shall remain nameless," is co-owner of Joan's on Third, a café, marketplace, and catering company in Los Angeles.

Fordham, which had an acceptance rate of 44% in 2016, suffers in part because it is perceived to be a respectable safety school for students seeking more selective elite colleges.

Select a riding safety school with experienced instructors.